Mardoche Dorsonne had 11 stab wounds to his head, arms, chest and back, according to an Ocala Police Department detective’s report. He told the detective his older brother was upset about money problems and blamed him for his troubles.

In an interview with a Star-Banner reporter following the incident, Kervens Dorsonne said he and his brother were talking when his brother began shouting at him for no reason. He said they were arguing and his brother threw a chair, which struck his upper body.

He said his brother got a kitchen knife and that while they were struggling, he disarmed him. He said he was “panicking” and may have swung wildly trying to defend himself.

Mardoche Dorsonne told the detective his brother came out of the office, went to a car and retrieved something, then came back inside and took a swing at him. He said his brother continued to swing at him and he realized he had been stabbed. He said he ran to an antiques shop across the road seeking help, with his older brother chasing him.

Witnesses told the detective the elder Dorsonne chased his brother across U.S. 441 to an antiques store.

Kervens Dorsonne told the reporter he was “trying to stay close to him, trying to hold him” for the police.

Kervens Dorsonne was arrested Jan. 3 and taken to the Marion County Jail. He was released March 23 after posting $25,000 bond.

On Wednesday, after a judge ruled him incompetent to proceed, he was remanded back to the jail until he can be taken to the state hospital. As of Thursday afternoon, Dorsonne, who is being represented by attorney Leonard Henry Klatt, remained at the jail.

A competency review hearing will be scheduled in six months.

Bill Gladson, a supervisor and assistant state attorney at the State Attorney’s Office, said the reason for the filing change was to make the charge easier to prove; the penalty would be the same as attempted murder. He said while Dorsonne is at the hospital, he will undergo reviews and if during the six-months he is found competent, he will return to Ocala and court proceedings will resume.